{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1217","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1217","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers [1169. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof [1213. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An unrecorded instrument is valid as between the parties thereto and those who have notice thereof.</p>","text":"An unrecorded instrument is valid as between the parties thereto and those who have notice thereof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/effect-of-recording-or-the-want-thereof-1217","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}